Nobody is doing it like Regina King.
The actor on Sunday won her fourth Emmy award in six years, picking up the trophy in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category for her performance in HBOâs one-season-wonder âWatchmen.â
King took home the same award in 2018 for her work in the short-lived Netflix series âSeven Secondsâ before going on to win her first Oscar the following year for âIf Beale Street Could Talk.â
King previously picked up back-to-back Emmys in 2015 and 2016 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her standout turns in âAmerican Crime.â
Her competition this year, however, was perhaps as fierce as itâs ever been: Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington, Octavia Spencer and Shira Haas.
But King came out on top once again, delivering her acceptance while wearing a âSay Her Nameâ T-shirt with a portrait of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was fatally shot by police in March.
âThis is so freaking weird,â King said, before thanking her fellow nominees. âI really love being a thespian.â
She went on to thank show creator Damon Lindelof for allowing the cast and crew to âbring art to truth to power.â
âYou gotta vote. I would be remiss not to mention that, being part of a show as prescient as âWatchmen,ââ she conntinued. âMake a plan. Be a good human. Rest in power, RBG.â
âWatchmenâ led all shows heading into the awards ceremony with 26 nominations. Kingâs co-stars Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr. and Jean Smart were also nominated for their work on the show, which is in the running for Outstanding Limited Series.
The Lindelof-created drama was inspired by the iconic graphic novel of the same name. King starred as Angela Abar, a detective for the Tulsa police force in Oklahoma by day who assumes the role of the vigilante Sister Night when the sun goes down. The series was hailed as the most timely television event of the year as it confronted issues such as white supremacy, police brutality and Americaâs racist past and present.
King said she drew on âall my experiences ... of being a Black womanâ for the part.
âWhen Iâm doing a role, I usually have a person as the blueprint to give myself a backstory,â she told The Wrap. âWith Angela, I didnât have that person or experience that I was specifically drawing from. But just recently I made the discovery that what I was pulling from was probably all the experiences, including my own, of being a Black woman. And as we got deeper into the process, I started to personalize her more.â
âWatchmenâ likely wonât return for a second installment, but King isnât slowing down anytime soon. The actorâs awards streak could continue come Oscar season with her feature-film directorial debut, âOne Night in Miami,â already bringing the buzz after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this month.
CORRECTION: Regina King has won four Emmys in six (not five) years â still amazing.